Electric Car Frenzy Spurs Battery Thefts, in Istanbul

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 31 May 2022) 

Suspects' experimental 7-battery car will be delayed 

coming to market. 

In Ataşehir, Istanbul, 7 batteries were stolen from parked cars between

14-22 May.  Based on complaints, police reviewed street camera video

footage and saw that two people had come in a car and stolen the 

batteries.  The license plate of the suspects' car was traced by police to

a woman named G.N.G., who had rented it. 

Police went to G.N.G. hanım's home and learned from her that her

husband Mücahit Güllü had used the car on the dates of the theft

incidents.  Mücahit bey was then taken into custody, along with his

partner in crime Mertcan Ünver.  Both of them have long police records.

After processing at the police station the suspects were jailed. 

Pioneering mid-1970s battery-powered (4,000 of 'em) car 

inspired the Ataşehir suspects. 

Random Ear Amputation, in Istanbul

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 30 May 2022)

ear bite click here for another recent TNT report

about a severed ear part. 

          Attacker Erhan A.: "It's a hobby of mine."

In Esenyurt, Istanbul, Turan Kara (52) was chatting with friends in 

front of their workplace at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon on 15 May.

Just then, someone stealthily approached Kara from the rear, grabbed

his ear and cut it with a knife. (!) 

In great pain, Kara held on to his cut ear, while the attacker fled. Kara's

friends brought him to a hospital, where the ear was reattached.  Next,

Kara went to the police station to file a criminal complaint.  In his 

statement he said that "I was chatting with my friends when I felt a 

hand on my ear.  Without even having a chance to turn my head, the

pain hit me, my ear fell to the ground and blood began to flow. We

went to the hospital right away and the ear was sewn back on. It's 

unclear whether it will heal properly and right now I'm having hearing

problems.  I'm filing a complaint against the person who cut my ear off."

Based on security camera footage, police identified the attacker as

Erhan A.  Kara told police he does not know Erhan A., who is now on

the lam. 

TNT Ukraine War Edition: Turkish Fishermen Stray Into "Russian" Waters, Off Crimea

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 29 May 2022) 

                      They found a storm in a port.

Two Turkish fishing vessels, one out of Gemlik and the other out of 

Sarıyer, entered the Black Sea on 15 May to hunt for "kalkan" (turbot).

There were 12 fishermen on the boats and they had a bountiful catch

off the Crimean peninsula, snaring about 1,500 "kalkan".  

On 18 May, the two boats approached nearer to the Crimean shore to

continue fishing, prompting a Russian warship to intervene and take

the boats and crews into custody.   As the fishermen alerted their kin

about the situation by satellite telephone, they and their boats were 

brought toward Sevastopol, escorted by the Russian warship.

        Ugly, yes. But what do they think of us? 

Both vessels were seized by the Russians and the fishermen were 

forced to pay a $30,000 fine (called a 'donation' in Russian).  They 

remain on their boats as they await a court date.  

However (!), Yaşar Sert, the chief of the Rumelifeneri Maritime

Products Cooperative, noted that neither of the fishing boats is

registered or licensed and that they were fishing illegally.  

Nevertheless, the Turkish Foreign Ministry is undertaking diplomatic

efforts to return the fishermen to Turkey. 

"Beat & Release": Hospital Louts Charm Court and Go Scot-Free, in Ankara

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 28 May 2022) 

             They've got the best medical plan around. 

Sefa Yusuf Selbi and his friend Süleyman Kıymaz took Selbi's ill mother

to a hospital in Ankara on 28 November 28 November 2021.  The nurse

warned them about social distancing required because of COVID and

this enraged Selbi such that he screamed "I'll kill you! You've made 

blood flow from my mother, so I'll make your blood flow too!"

Selbi and Kımaz then proceeded to beat hospital workers and damage

medical equipment, as their friends İsmail Aydın and Mertcan Kıymaz

joined in the mayhem.  The Ankara public prosecutor had the suspects

jailed and asked the court for a 53-year sentence for Selbi, 28 years for

Kıymaz and 4 years for the other two.  

However (!), the court has now given the suspects the minimum 

sentences, awarded them "good behavior reductions" and has ultimately 

turned the jail sentences into fines.  As icing on the cake, the court 

looked favorably on the suspects' "personalities" (!) and declared that if 

they stay clean for five years all the sentences and fines will be voided, 

without any judicial supervision during that time either.  (!)

The plaintiff's lawyer Soner Aslan lamented that the court's decision

"amounted to an award for the suspects and serves to incite attacks

on hospital workers."

                                       First, do no harm.

Seagull That Snatched Ear Part Bitten Off in Fight in 2016 Remains At Large, on Büyükada, Istanbul

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Cumhuriyet Newspaper, 27 May 2022)

       Key witness was always considered a flight risk. 

In 2016 on Büyükada, one of the Prince's Islands in Istanbul, Eyüp

Çelik saw that Danyal Tolgahan Alparslan Seyrek was abusing his

girlfriend, so he intervened to rescue the damsel in distress. 

A fight between Çelik and Seyrek ensued, during which Seyrek bit 

off a part of Çelik's ear and spit it on the ground.  At that moment,
a seagull came along and snatched the ear part. (!) 

Çelik filed a complaint against Seyrek and yesterday, 6 years later,

the case continued but neither Seyrek nor his lawyer showed up.

The court ordered Seyrek to be forcibly brought to court for the 

next hearing of the case, scheduled for 13 October.  After the incident

in 2016, Seyrek fled to Germany. 

"Breaking Bad Alaturka" & Huge Meth Seizure, in Istanbul

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 26 May 2022)

Baron doesn't look so good - eating up the profits?

Five months ago, narcotics police in Istanbul launched an operation 

against drug deliverers know as "torbacılar", who were carrying

methamphetamines, and jailed them.  An investigation of the "torbacılar"

led police to a number of Iranians and a raid in April resulted in the

seizure of 15 kilograms of the drug and more leads.

Police determined that the drug gang's headquarters was a villa in

a wooded area of the Beykoz section of Istanbul and that the gang

leader was Iranian R.K., who was importing the raw material for the

methamphetamines from Iran and Europe inside TIRs (cargo tractor

trailers).  In order to transform the raw material to the drug itself,

a chemist was brought in from Iran.  

                    Iranian chemist, in happier times. 

On 19 May, police found 170 kilograms of methamphetamines in a

car they stopped and again a number of Iranians were arrested.  

'Baron' R.K. got word that police were closing in on him so he fled the 

villa in a car.  But police tailed R.K. to the Merter section of the city, 

where he got out of the car with an attaché case filled with drugs and 

was taken into custody.  Simultaneously, police raided the villa in 

Beykoz and took 4 people into custody. 

In the villa, sniffer dogs found 1 ton, 117 kilograms of crystal and liquid

methamphetamine drugs and 123 kilograms of liquid chemicals used

in making the drug.  Three other separate raids yielded more of the 

drugs, making the total seizure 1 ton, 317 kilograms, the most ever

seized in Turkey surpassing the 1 ton, 18 kilograms seized at the 

Gürbulak border gate on the Iranian border in March.  On the street,

methamphetamines sell for 125,000 TL (about $7,600) per kilogram,

making the value of the seized drugs worth 139,625,000 (about $8.5 

million). 

Baron and his chemist trying to get away from it all. 

"Beat & Release": Maniacal Neighbor Turns 'Walking the Dog' Into a Nightmare, in Adana

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 25 May 2022)

        Her fierce guard dog proved to be no help at all. 

Fide Uyarlar (42) was working as the general coordinator for a company

in Istanbul when her father took ill in Adana.  So Fide hanım moved into 

a flat in the Gürselpaşa neighborhood of Adana's Seyhan district.  Last 

month, while walking her dog in the apartment's garden she met Gökhan

K. (45) and began to greet and chat with him during the dog walks. 

However (!), soon after Gökhan K. sexually assaulted Fida hanım, 

entered her flat and held her hostage there for a number of days, 

breaking her arm, as well.  The other day, Gökhan K. followed Fida

hanım and sexually assaulted her as she was getting into the building's

elevator.  In self-defense, Fida hanım slapped Gökhan K. and this was

captured on the building's security camera. 

Fida hanım went to the police station and filed a criminal complaint

against Gökhan K., who also filed a complaint because of the slap in

the elevator.  Most recently, on 22 May, Gökhan K. forcibly entered 

Fida hanım's flat via the balcony.  She screamed but no one heard her.

Nevertheless, thanks to the camera Fida hanım had put in her living

room, the attack was recorded on video.  When Gökhan K. finally 

left the flat in the morning, Fida hanım went with the video footage

to the police station, after which Gökhan K. was apprehended in his

home and taken to jail. 

"Angel of Death": Cliffside 'Pit Stop' Leads to Helpful Friend's Fatal Fall, in Kumluca

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 24 May 2022) 

No good deed goes unpunished...but the death penalty is way

too much.

In Antalya, newly-married couple Seval (25) and Ali Öncül went on a 

picnic with another couple, Recep and Yasemin Sarican, to Karaöz 

village in Kumluca district.  As they were all returning in the evening, 

Recep bey got out of his car to relieve himself but he lost his balance

and fell down a cliff.  When his wife Yasemin hanım screamed for help 

Ali bey and Seval hanım stopped their car. 

                                       Not a restroom.

Seval hanım ran to help the fallen Recep bey but she fell down the 

100-meter high cliff, too.  Gendarmerie and rescue teams arrived to 

save Recep bey, whose legs were broken.  Seval hanım could not be

reached by land so the Coast Guard was summoned and a team found

Seval hanım's body at the base of the cliff.  With great difficulty, Seval

hanım's body was taken to the Antalya morgue and, later, back to 

Kumluca for burial. 

"Beat & Release": Ukrainian Family Fled War but Succumbed to Family Feud, in Alanya

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Cumhuriyet Newspaper, 23 May 2022)

                    PTSD victim, minus the combat.

In Alanya, an argument erupted between Oleksiy Olesksiyovych 

Navrotsky (38) and his wife Y.N., who both fled the war in Ukraine

with their children, the day before yesterday at around 8 o'clock in the 

morning in their hotel room.  As the argument intensified, Navrotsky 

attacked his wife, daughter T.N. (6) and son K.N. (4) with a knife, 

killing both children.

Y.N. escaped to another room, while Navrotsky wrote a suicide note

and tried to kill himself, unsuccessfully.  He was taken into custody

by police and in his statement, he explained through a translator that

he didn't remember the incident because of the medicine he is taking

for psychological problems.  Nevertheless, Navrotsky was sent to 

the Alanya prison for "murder with intent to kill".  

Navrotsky and his family had first gone to Italy when the Ukraine-

Russia war broke out and then came to Alanya a month and a half

ago.  He is a former parliamentarian from Kharkiv and taught

economics at a university there before the war. 

Alanya is about 150 miles east of Antalya on the Med coast.

Turkish Air Carriers Will Ease Russia's Summer Tourism Fever, as of 1 June

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 21 May 2022)

Russian yachts in Turkey click here for seaborne 

Russian tourism to Turkey reporting. 

                        No Finns or Swedes allowed.

As the tourism season approaches, Russia has a shortage of airplanes 

for tourists because of Western sanctions, so it has given over two-

thirds of it flights to Turkey.  The newspaper "Rus Kommersant" 

explained that "as the result of pressure from the tourism sector and 

the social tensions in Russia, the Russian government has opened the 

doors to Turkish air carriers."  

"As of 1 June, a quota of 438 flights per week will be allotted to 

Turkish air carriers for flights to Russia, whereas the quota 

for Russian air carriers will be just 177 flights per week to Turkey. 

This development in Turkey's favor is linked to Western sanctions 

imposed against Russia because of the war in Ukraine.  Since the

Airbus and Boeing airplanes leased by Russia have been reclaimed

by their owners, there is a shortage of airplanes in Russia right now." 

"There remains a risk for Russian flights to Turkey that connect at

other airports.  As Russia has turned over the bulk of air tourist 

travel to Turkey for the summer season, Moscow has asked for a 

guarantee from Ankara that its airplanes will not be seized at 

Turkish airports."  

More than 10,000 different kinds of economic sanctions have been

imposed against Russia because of the Ukraine war, prompting 

Moscow to reevaluate its tourism sector.  In 2021, even with the 

COVID pandemic raging, Russia sent 4.7 million tourists to Turkey 

but this year that number will drop to 3 million, according to tourism

sector experts. 

"Rus Kommersant" reported that right now the cost of a round-trip

ticket to Turkey is 100,000 rubles, about 26,000 TL ($1,600).  With

the increase of flights as of 1 June, this price is expected to drop to

30,000 rubles, or 8,000 TL ($500). 

 

As always, the Turkish word for "sanctions" is "welcome!".

47 Illegal Migrants Spill Out of Secret 6.5 sq m Compartments in Two Buses, in Van

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 19 May 2022)

               Making "cattle class" look like first class. 

Illegal migrants coming into Turkey from Iran and putting their lives in

danger to avoid capture by Turkish security forces.  In this regard, 

police set up a checkpoint at the Hamuryen intersection 5 kilometers 

from Van's Erciş district center and stopped two old model buses 

they considered suspicious, both of them with Istanbul license plates. 

During the ensuing searches, police found secret 6.5 square meter 

compartments in each bus.  When the compartments were opened

47 (!)  Afghani, Pakistani and Bangladeshi migrants spilled out.  The

police were understandably amazed by this scene and the migrants

themselves were exhausted by their nearly airless confinement. 

Inspired by Western decadence, as usual.

The illegal migrants were taken to Erciş police headquarters and 

M.G.T, R.T. and T.C. were taken into custody for human trafficking. 

"Beat & Release": Mysterious Flowers on Women's Day & a Swindler's "Window" Fraud

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 18 May 2022)

window of vulnerability links to previous TNT 

report about this hoodwinking technique.

                                 Thanks, but no thanks.

Şükran Candan (55), the mother of four children, lives in Yüzüncüyıl

village in Adana's Çukurova district.  On 8 March, she received flowers

on the occasion of World Women's Day and signed for them on a blank

form.  Not knowing who sent the flowers, Şükran hanım asked her

children but they all claimed no knowledge of the flowers or the sender.

In a panic, Şükran hanım called the florist, asked for the paper she

had signed and received it.  In April, Nuray F., Şükran hanım's renter 

Halil B.'s girlfriend, had come for coffee to Şükran hanım's house and

warned her that Halil B. was a swindler, saying "did Halil give you a 

promissory note to sign?"  (!)

On 25 April, Şükran hanım and her daughter checked her records in

the government's "E-Devlet" citizens' system and saw a debt file

in her name so she went to see her lawyer.  Şükran hanım learned that

because of the $95,000 promissory note she had ""signed", Halil B.

was claiming her summer house, five houses, a car and a motorcycle

as compensation.  

                                   "Gentleman" Halil B.  

When Şükran hanım's family called Halil B. he said that "I gave your

mother $95,000."  The police were contacted and the seizures halted.

It turned out that Halil B. and Nuray F. had bilked many other people

with the same "window" technique. In this regard, Şükran hanım said 

that "my entire wealth is in sequestration, worth about 1.5 million TL.

All I did was sign for flowers but they had put the dollar promissory 

note underneath it.  I didn't get any dollars or any other money."

In order to halt the sequestration, Şükran hanım had to borrow 150,000

TL from relatives.  She noted that "I was able to get the money to halt

the sequestration in a day.  When my son called Halil he said 'I gave

your mother $95,000.'   I'm owed a lot from him, not the other way 

around. This has to be solved right away.  There are many victims like

me.  The case is continuing in court. My only wealth is these homes,

where my children live.  I'm awaiting help."

"Beat & Release": 15-Year-Old Girl Killed for Refusing to Become "Kuma" (Spare Wife) of her Cousin, the Father of 7 Kids

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 23 June 2021) 

                               Kissin'  cousins (NOT!)

In Diyarbakır in February 2021, Emine Karakaş (15) refused to become 

the "kuma" (spare wife) of her cousin Aslan Karakaş (32), the married 

father of 7 children (!),  so he killed her.  According to the indictment,  

when Emine declined the proposal because of her youth and blood 

relationship to Aslan bey, he began to nurture hatred toward her and her 

family. 

On the day of the murder, Emine headed toward Batman for a day of

shopping with her family.  On the pretext of wanting to chat, Aslan

bey's older sister Münevver cut off  Emine hanım's family car.  

Realizing they were about to be attacked, Emine's family quickly

took off but Aslan began firing with a Kalashnikov rifle. Emine 

was hit by one of the 18 bullets fired and spent four months in intensive

care before she died. 

Aslan bey fled the scene, but after 161 days on the run, he surrendered

to the Gendarmerie on 15 July 2021.  The day before yesterday, Aslan

bey and his older sister Münavver hanım were charged with "intending

to kill a child" and life sentences were requested for both of them. 

(unclear why this took a year and a half to happen). 

"Undressing Rooms" No Longer! Now They're "Dressing Rooms", at Gaziantep University's Gym

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Cumhuriyet Newspaper, 16 May 2022) 

             Compared it to landing a man on the moon. 

The rector of Gaziantep University, Prof. Dr. Arif Özaydın, has had the

signs in front of the locker rooms at the Gaünsporium sports center 

changed from "soyunma odası" (undressing room) to "giyinme odası"

(dressing room) after 10 years.  In their places, Özaydın has had signs

for men's and women's "dressing rooms".  (!)

At an event at the university where President Erdoğan's son Bilal 

Erdoğan was the guest speaker, Özaydın displayed the announcement

of the semantic change, which he called a "great implementation", on a 

big TV screen.  (!) 

The students at the event were taken aback by this announcement, 

which was soundly ridiculed on social media. "Santa Cruz University

completed the first gene map of human beings; East Finland University

discovered that tomatoes can be beneficial in preventing strokes.  At

Gaziantep University the locker room signs have been changed from 

'undressing room' to 'dressing room'."

Meanwhile, Hasan Şencan, a CHP (opposition party) chief from the

Şahinbey municipality in Gaziantep noted that "Gaziantep University

has gained fame for contract irregularities and appointing officials

without competition. Now this! Gaziantep Univesity doesn't deserve

this." 

Özaydın is under investigation for plagiarism by the senior Turkish

education authority YÖK and has been criticized for telling theology

students to "engage in trade, you can't pray if you don't have any 

money in your pocket." 

 

"Beat & Release": Ex-Son-in-Law's Turn in the Barrel, in Pendik

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 15 May 2022)

Final resting place of "honor" - bottom of an elevator shaft.

When Uğur Kahraman (30) and his wife Ezgi got divorced two years 

ago the court awarded custody of their two daughters to Uğur bey. 

Meanwhile, Ezgi hanım moved to Adıyaman, remarried but committed

suicide last year.  

On 26 April, Uğur bey's father was unable to reach his son so he called

the police, worried about Uğur bey's safety.  Police looked at video and

telephone records and noted that Uğur bey had met with his former

father-in-law Hüseyin Sezer on that day, after which the two went to 

Sezer's home.  

Under questioning, Sezer denied knowing anything about his former

son-in-law's disappearance but on the last day of his interrogation, he

admitted that "I saw him from time to time because he had custody of

my grandchildren.  When he threatened not to let me see them we

argued and then I shot him.  I put his body in a barrel and kept the 

barrel in my garden for a while.  After that, I put the barrel in the

elevator shaft of my family's home in Pendik." 

Police subsequently found Uğur bey's body in the barrel.  As Sezer 

was being taken to jail he told reporters "He's the guy who dragged

my daughter into the drugs and prostitution that killed her.  I killed

him for the honor of my daughter and my grandchildren."

"Beat & Release": Value of a Life Drops to 13 TL (85 U.S. Cents) Over Drops of Water, in Konya

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 13 May 2022)

        Water, water everywhere...but not a drop for free.

The horrific incident occurred in the garden of a 2-story house on Yaz 

Street in Konya's Meram district.  Welder Hüseyin Mahir (31) was using

a water meter in tandem with his mother's renter Mevlüt Kapan (35).

The bill for the water usage came to 66 TL (a bit more than $4) so Mahir

and Kapan split the payment but Mahir claimed that Kapan came up 

13 TL (about 85 U.S. cents) short for his end of the payment. 

An argument ensued, during which Mahir shot Kapan in the groin with

a rifle, killing him.  Mahir, who has a record of 4 previous crimes, was

charged with murder and jailed.  Kapan's wife Havva lamented that 

their three children, İsmail Kerim (9), Ahmet Semih (6) and Ayşe Nisa

(1) were now fatherless.  After seeing her husband killed in front of her 

eyes, Havva hanım said that "we were paying the water bill equally.  

They got into a fight and I heard my husband moan. He was lying face 

down and asked for my blessing."    

Havva hanım noted that "the house where we were living was going

to be torn down so we had to move.  Since we don't have a car, we had

to move somewhere close to my husband's workplace.  A friend's wife

suggested this house, saying that she knew the owner, who was nice to

us at first.  My husband, though, told her upfront that 'if I'm paying

rent, you can't interfere with my comings and goings.'  He painted the

place with his friends all night long."

                                Watering (black) hole.

As time went by, homeowner Fatma Mahir began to complain about

the Kapan's placement of items in the house, their children playing

in the garden and the noise resulting from wood stacked on the 

balcony.  Havva hanım related all this to Fatma hanım's son Hüseyin 

Mahir and claimed that he sided with them, rather than his mother. 

However (!) Havva hanım added that "the homeowner was watering

the garden in the back of our house, where she had planted some 

things.  Then the 66 TL water bill came.  We had been paying it 

equally but then Mevlüt said to me 'they're watering the garden so

I'm only going to pay a third of the bill from now on. I'll give them

15 TL this time.'   Mevlüt later added another 5 TL for his share of 

the water bill but then he argued with the homeowner's son." 

In his statement to the police, Hüseyin Mahir explained that "the day

before we'd had an argument because he was short on his end of the 

water bill.  So that day I went to his house with my rifle.  We argued

again and I shot him."  Mahir was charged with "murder with intent to

kill and wound" and jailed. 

 

 

                                      Water torturer.

TNT Road Rage Edition: Six Taxi Drivers in Bat-Scimitar Attack on Customer, in Istanbul

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 12 May 2022)

                                 Post-ouch recovery.

Olcayto Okur and his friends got into a taxi at the Samandıra metro 

station at 2330 hours on the night of 6 April in order to go to work.

According to Okur, the taxi driver thought that a black bag in the hand 

of his friend contained alcohol so he screamed "are you drinking alcohol 

during the holy month of Ramazan??!!  Get out of my taxi!!"  

Okur and his friends got out of the taxi and boarded another one but

the first taxi driver said that he would file a police complaint against 

them.  It turned out that the second taxi driver was the first's older 

brother (!) so Okur and his friends had to get out of that taxi, too

after an argument with the second driver.  (!)  

At this point, Okur left his friends and began to walk down the street.

However, he was pursued and attacked by six taxi drivers brandishing 

bats and scimitars.  Beaten into unconsciousness, the drivers left Okur

for dead.  But he came to in a pool of blood and noticed that his wallet

was gone.  

Based on Okur's complaint, the public prosecutor filed charges against

driver brothers İrfan and Ayhan Karakaya.  Statements were taken from

the other drivers involved in the incident.  İrfan Karakaya explained 

that "Okur and his friends wanted to drink alcohol in my taxi. When I

said no they got out and I went off elsewhere."  Brother Ayhan Karakaya

told police that "they were cursing at another taxi driver and I said 'I

won't allow drinking alcohol' so they began to insult me, too.  When

they got out of my taxi they came on to me so I swung the bat in my

hand to protect myself."

Ayhan Karakaya was jailed, while his brother İrfan was released on 

condition that he not leave the country and sign in at a police station.

As for Okur, he stated that "I tried to appease them but in vain.  Six

of them attacked me with bats and scimitars.  They stole my money

and left me for dead.  I called an ambulance when I awoke and spent

four days in the hospital.  I got a report confirming that I did not have

alcohol in my system at the time of the incident.  Such people ought

not be allowed in society.  In the first place, we're their customers so

they are betraying their profession."

                  Driver Ayhan Karakaya, in happier times. 

Shared Fatherhood Shock: Out of Four Kids, Two Aren't His

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper,  11 May 2022)

                          They both look very confused.

According to a suit filed in Istanbul's family court, F.D. (44), who works

as a cleaner, married A.D. (36) in 2003.  The couple brought four 

children into the world but F.D. heard from others that the 13-year-old

and the 6-year-old children were fathered by someone else. (!) 

When F.D. confronted his wife A.D. with this allegation she confirmed

it, prompting quite a shock in F.D.  A. D. confessed that the 13-year-old 

girl had been fathered by her sister's husband and the 6-year-old boy 

had been fathered by F.D.'s uncle.  (!!) 

F.D. applied to the family court to determine whether or not the children

were his or not, in relation to his decision to strip them of his surname

if it turned out he was not their father.  DNA results from the court's 

forensic lab confirmed that the fathers of the two children in question

was not F.D., prompting him to file for divorce from A.D., accusing 

her of adultery, and demanding 100,000 TL in compensation and 

custody of his two children.  

For her part, A.D. said that she loved her husband and that their 

marriage could continue, but since their respective families had 

intervened (!) this would not be possible.  It turned out that A.D. had 

run off with F.D.'s uncle at one point, resulting in the conception of 

the younger child.  The court granted F.D. the divorce and ordered

A.D. to pay him 50,000 TL in compensation. 

 

         Turkish sequel in the works: "Our Three Dads"